Groundbreaking ceremony for repairing Bridgeport Covered Bridge is September 2
The public is invited to attend the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the stabilization project for the Bridgeport Covered Bridge, located in the South Yuba River State Park on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the entrance of the bridge. The Bridgeport Covered Bridge has been an important part of California’s history for over 150 years, and is […]
Summer Thyme’s adds artistic bike rack to its restaurant
The Curious Forge will be installing a custom built bike rack in the shape of five salmon arching out of the pavement. What do salmon and bicycles have in common? Well, if you are Amy and Chamba Cooke working with the folks at the Curious Forge, it turns out that they may have more in […]
Damnation film to screen at Nevada Theatre
The South Yuba River Citizens League’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival and American Rivers bring you a screening of the film DamNation followed by a discussion on Yuba salmon as part of the Nevada Theater film series on July 20, 2014. Funds raised benefit American Rivers & SYRCL’s Yuba Salmon Now Campaign. This powerful film […]
Governor Brown approves full funding for Bridgeport Covered Bridge
Fans of the historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge rejoiced at the news today that Governor Jerry Brown approved California’s final budget, which allocates $1.3 million to immediately start work to fully restore and reopen the bridge. “Because we joined together as a community and made our voice heard in Sacramento, the Bridgeport Covered Bridge will receive […]
Local “Save Our Bridge” committee launches letter campaign to save Bridgeport
This week, a community committee called “Save Our Bridge” is launching a letter writing and phone call campaign to State Legislators in an effort to save the iconic Bridgeport wooden covered bridge. State Parks closed the bridge in 2011 after engineers found severe and unsafe structural problems. Engineers estimate it will cost over $1 million […]
Nevada County Arts and others present “Art and the Environment” on March 20
Nevada County Arts is proud to partner with ART/OnSite and SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival Lecture Series to bring you “Art and the Environment: the Art of the Anthropocene”, an evening with Bill Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art. This event is March 20 at The […]
SYRC launches water conservation program for kids as drought threatens
The South Yuba River Citizens League’s (SYRCL) River Education Program is re-launching “The Great Water Mystery” – an interactive in-school assembly program that uses an engaging mystery story to teach children about water conservation. The goal of “The Great Water Mystery” assemblies is to encourage kids to incorporate simple water conservation techniques into their daily […]
Wild & Scenic Film Festival on January 9-12
EACH JANUARY, THE FOOTHILLS HOSTS one of the nation’s premier environmental film festivals. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival, presented by the South Yuba River Citizens League, draws top filmmakers, celebrities, leading activists and world adventurers to Nevada City and Grass Valley. The 12th annual festival takes place Thurs.-Sun., January 9-12, largely at historic venues […]
How SYRCL protects the South Yuba River
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” —Gary Snyder NOBODY SAID IT BETTER, AND NOBODY KNOWS BETTER than this Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, whose home is the South Yuba River watershed. But some people don’t treat it like home. Despite its awesome beauty, the South Yuba has been threatened by dams and development, […]
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